Posted on 01/16/2020 11:27:23 AM PST by Brilliant
Federal authorities arrested three men allegedly linked to a violent white-supremacist group who had discussed traveling to a pro-gun rally Monday in Richmond, Va., and preparing for a possible race war, according to a law-enforcement official.
Two of the men, one a former Canadian Army reservist in the U.S. illegally, face charges including transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Maryland. One was also charged with transporting a machine gun, and the third man was charged with transporting and harboring an illegal alien.
Online court records didn’t list attorneys for any of the men. They are scheduled to appear Thursday afternoon in federal court in Greenbelt, Md.
Virginia authorities are preparing for thousands of people to attend a pro-gun rally Monday at the state Capitol. On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam temporarily banned firearms from the Capitol grounds, citing law-enforcement concerns about weaponized drones and armed militias.
Rally organizers are responding to gun-control bills Democratic lawmakers have aimed to pass since they won control after November elections over both chambers of the state Legislature. Several bills have cleared committees since lawmakers convened last week, including one to expand background checks for gun purchases and a red-flag measure to disarm people deemed dangerous.
The three men arrested Thursday are members of white supremacist group “the Base,” authorities said. Members in encrypted chat rooms have discussed topics like creating a “white entho-state,” ways to make improvised-explosive devices and violence against African-Americans and Jewish Americans, a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent said in an affidavit filed in court.
White supremacist groups like the Base also discuss “accelerationism,” a concept that refers to a desire to speed up the collapse of modern society, according to the Anti-Defamation League...
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Yay! With the bad guys in custody, Coonman will rescind his emergency status!
Still waiting...
Right on time, they arrest a “prime suspect” to support the emergency
oh BS- they announced this because the gov is trying to justify his ‘state of emergency’ lie to prohibit people from legally carrying-
A machine gun?
Really?
Somehow, I doubt it.
These certainly aren’t the average law abiding conservative gun owner types. But that won’t stop the enemedia from labeling us all like them 24-7.
I don’t believe any FBI propaganda. Besides, they are still too busy investigating Trump.
They are FBI plants.
These are FBI plants.
why is the arrest in Maryland if they were caught in Virginia?
We haven’t heard of ANY machine gun arrests in what? Several years now- but by golly we hear of one right after northram issues a ‘state of emergency’?
It’s BS-
Funny how Antifa Publicly Organizes Terrorist Attacks and the FBI does nothing? oops, I forgot they were controlled by the FBI
“Canadian Army reservist.” My ass.
“I don’t believe any FBI propaganda. Besides, they are still too busy investigating Trump”.
BINGO!
I’d bet they are plants.
I think it’s only a matter of time before law abiding gun owners from all across the country converge on Virginia.
When will the FBI start arresting violent ANTIFA thugs before they travel to their next stop?
Remember that the FBI is the law enforcement arm of the Democratic Party.
Here’s a little more of the article that talks about that:
The affidavit describes some of the three mens’ recent alleged activities preceding the arrests, including creating a modified assault rifle in December.
One man, 33-year-old Brian Mark Lemley Jr., used this modified weapon at a Maryland gun range on Jan. 2, when an FBI agent heard what appeared to be more than one bullet being fired at a time, the affidavit said. Mr. Lemley later that day told Patrik Jordan Mathews, the 27-year-old Canadian, that he had a gun that could fire more than one round at a time, authorities said.
“Oh oops, it looks like I accidentally made a machine gun,” Mr. Lemley said, according to the affidavit. He also allegedly said that he would stow part of the weapon until the next week in case someone from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives showed up.
Long, long after Hell freezes over.
This is the game people. We need to play smart.
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